THE APPLICATION FORM
Full Name: We require the individual's full name in order to do our checks for requirements 1, 6, and 9.
Existing GPWA Username: We require the applicant's username to ensure the applicant has registered for a public account prior to submitted a private membership application, so we can take into account prior participation, and so we know what about to upgrade access for should the application be approved.
Email: We require an email address generally to communicate with the applicant through the application process, and we require communication with an email address at one of the user's domain names as an additional step to prevent impersonation.
Estimated Monthly Traffic: This is a relic from prior usage. I haven't seen this used anywhere, but we haven't changed the form or discussed it in the membership team since Casino City took over responsibility for managing it.
Your Country: This also doesn't get used in an active way, although in a few cases its been helpful to know this as a possible explanation of language difficulties with English. Again, this was inhereted and we haven't really discussed why this was here or how it should be used.
List ALL Sites You Own: This is used in most of the requirements. In some cases, an applicant only needs at least one qualifying site (criteria 1, 2, 3, 5, and 7) while other requirements must be adhered to for all sites, most notably the no content theft requirement (criteria 4, 8, 9). This is also the reason we request disclosure of additional sites launched after the application -- so we can check them for requirements 4, 8, and 9.
Launch Dates (measured to the month): This is required for reviewing requirement 3. It also came up once in reviewing requirement 9. I think it might make sense to change this one as well to launch month for sites launched within the last 6 months, and launch year for older sites.
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